Oil Pastel Studies

View of Guard Island
Oil Pastel on Paper ( 7" x 11")

View towards Metlakatla
Oil Pastel on Paper (8" x 11")

View south looking down Tongass Narrows
Oil Pastel on Paper (6" x 11")

Spent time experimenting using oil pastels and solvent thinner on drawing paper. It was interesting to just let loose permitting the medium to dictate how the drawing will turn out. The oil pastel seems to melt under the use of the solvent which is great for spreading out the material as an under painting. But I found the surface of the paper wouldn't take a second layer of oil pastels even after the solvent dried. I actually think it had more to do with not enough surface tooth with the paper to take additional layers. Going to try the same process on various other surfaces such as Wallis paper.

Sea Shells Study 3

Sea Shell Study 2 - 2009

Pencil on Paper

Sea Shells Study 2

Sea Shell Study - 2009

Pencil on Paper

Sea Shells Study 1

Four Minute Shell Study - 2009

Pencil on Paper

30 Second Shell Study - 2009
Pencil on Paper

Island Study

Island Study - 2009

Pencil on Paper

Kodiak Harbor Study

Kodiak Harbor - 2000

Pencil on Paper

Flying Gulls Study

Flying Gulls - 2009

Pencil on Paper

Gulls with Eggs Sketch

Gulls with eggs - 2009

Pencil on Paper

Study Thayer Gull 2

Thayer Gull - 2009

Pencil on Paper

Study Thayer Gull 1

Thayer Gull - 2009

Pencil on Paper

Paper Bag Sketch

Paper Bag - 2009

Pencil Drawing

More Studies

Annabelle's Pub, Ketchikan - August 2007

Mountain Point, Ketchikan - Sept 2007

Mardi, Ketchikan - Sept 2007

Kodiak Harbor, Kodiak - Sept 2007

Ducks at Ward Lake, Ketchikan - 2007

New York Cafe, Ketchikan - 2007

Deer Mountain, Audrey - August 2007

Baggage Carts, Juneau - 2006

Crossword Puzzle, Juneau Airport - 2006

Thayer's Gulls

Thayer's Gulls

September 2007

Last night I decided to experiment a little using paint thinner and hard pastels. First thing was to rub on some pastel in large blocks of color for the background and then I brushed paint thinner over top. This washed the pastel into the paper which give it a water color look. Instead of waiting to let the paint thinner and pastel mixture dry completely, I decide to start in with a outline drawing of the gulls. Then I started to apply the middle ground colors to the wet paper which really felt like painting with an oil stick. The drawing strokes went on with a painterly look and feel. Think I enjoyed the process more than the completed study of the gulls.

Early Sketchbook

Horse Head, 1993

Sleeping Native Girl, 1993

Woman's Bay, Kodiak Alaska, 1993

Sketchbook - Birds

Hawk Study (pen & ink)

January 2007

Cormorants Welcoming the Evening Sun

December 2006 (pen & ink)

Raven's Call (pen & ink)

November 2006

Osprey Head Sketch

November 2006 (pen & ink)

Sketchbook - Cat

Tigger Relaxing (pencil)

December 2006 (from a photo)

Sketchbook - Fish

Dead Salmon Study (pen & ink)

Ward Lake - November 2006

Sketchbook - Seattle

Street Study Downtown Seattle

November 2006 (pencil)

Sketchbook - Crane

Crane Study (pastel pencils)

November 2006

Sketchbook - Colorado

Chipmunk Eating (pen & ink)

Estes State Park Colorado

July 2006

Grazing Elk (pen & ink)

Estes State Park Colorado

July 2006

Bison Study (pen & ink)

Estes Park Colorado

July 2006